在十誡的第四條是守安息日，每工作六天之後要分別第七天出來，定作安息日歸神為聖日。什麼是分別出來歸神為聖日呢？我們必須明白什麼是分別為聖，才能明白安息日的意義。這樣我們便明白神為什麼要定第七日為安息日，嚴格要求人來遵守，並指定那是聖日。
神創造人來與祂同工，作祂的管家管理地上一切，也包括人自己的生命和每天的生活。因此，人便在工作中獲得了快樂和滿足。然而，人也很容易在工作中迷失，誤以為工作就是一切，也以為自己的手可以創造自己的人生和世界，便忘記了管家的職份，也忘記了神才是人類和世界的主。
神告訴人創造已經完成了，第七天便定為安息日，要提醒人作為管家的身份，以神為主來與祂同工，作祂的管家。因此安息日並不單單是給人來休息的，乃是要人在工作中停下來，每七天就作自我檢討，調整自己的屬靈生命和日常生活的態度。神在六天已創造完畢了，所以人不要以為自己可以創造些什麼。人只能當管家，也只勝任作管家，越過界就會造成混亂和破壞，破壞大自然也破壞自己的生命和人關係。這就是為什麼神那麼嚴格要求人守安息日。
讓我們好好地調整自己的生活；從屬靈的生活到家庭的生活，從日常的工作到教會的事奉，學習做一個健康快樂的管家，享受與神同工的樂趣。
Observing Sabbath as the holy day is the fourth commandment that God commands us to keep for Him after six days of work and labor. What does it mean by “keeping it holy unto the Lord”? We should understand its meaning before we can fully grasp the meaning of observing the Sabbath. Hence, we will appreciate the reason that God gives to this commandment, and commands us to keep the seventh day as a holy day.
God has created us to work with Him as His stewards to manage this creation including our life and daily activities. We, therefore, find satisfaction and happiness in work. Unfortunately, however, we are very easily lost in work, and mistakenly think that we alone can create the world and master our life, so much so that, work becomes everything in our life. We forget our role as stewards and disguise ourselves as the masters of our life and the world and God has no place in our hearts. God sets aside the seventh day as the Sabbath day for He has finished His creation, and reminds us that He is the only Lord and we are His stewards. Therefore, Sabbath day is not only for us to rest from work, but also a day to refocus and adjust our spiritual life and attitude toward our daily living. We have no part in any creation for God has done all the creation by Himself alone. We are only stewards, and cannot create anything except manage what have been entrusted to us. If we want to lord over God’s creation, we will bring damage and chaos to the nature, our life and relationships. This is the reason why God strictly commands us to observe the Sabbath day.
Let us examine our life, from our personal spirituality to family life, from our daily work life to church life and ministry, to readjust our focus, and learn to be a happy and healthy steward to work with the Lord.
